Bowling-alley.



No. 873,252. PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. I G. LUFSKY.

BOWLING ALLEY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 1907.

moved by a ball delivered a the balls which have been CHARLES LUFSKY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOWLING-ALLEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed April 8. 1907. Serial No. 366.921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LUFSKY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bowling-Alleys, of which the following, when taken in connection with the drawing accompanying and forming a part hereof, is a full and complete description sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to which it pertains to understand, make, and use the same.

This invention relates particularly to, a bowling alley having a going bed and a return bed on which return bed pins are placed to be on. the going bed, after such ball has traversed the going bed and is returning on the return bed.

The objects of the invention are; 1. to mount the pins so that no injury can result to the person playing on the device or to bystanders, and 2. to provide means whereby layed will be delivered from the return be so as to be easily obtained for replaying, and so that no injury from played balls can result to the players or to by-standers.

I have illustrated a bowling alley inthe drawing referred to, in which Figure 1 is'a perspective of a bowling alley embodying this invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the return end of the return bed of the bowling alley, showing the pins in side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a view on line 3'3 of Fig. 2 of a portion of the return bed of the bowling alley, showing two of the pins in elevation, a part of the rod on which the pins are mounted, and a part of a rod forming a sto 1? reference letter applied to designate a given part is used to indicate such part throughout the several figures of the drawing, wherever the same appears.

A, Fig. 1, is the going bed of the alley, and B is the curved bed of the alley at the discharge end of the going alley 'A.

O is the return bed, D is the openin at the receiving end of the return bed 0 t ough which balls are delivered from the curved bed B, and C is the opening at the discharge end of the return bed.

E, E, E, are posts supporting the beds A, B

and C and F, F,'F, F, are rods in the several posts holding the several parts together.

G, G, G and G are balls with which a game may 'be played on the bowling alley and delivered thereonto of the return be'd C H and H are the pins designed to be moved by the balls as the balls move toward the discharge end of the return bed 0, (see Fig. l).

I, I, are rods on which the several pins H, H, are mounted so that the lower ends thereof are, respectively, adjacent to but not in contact with the bed C, and J, J, are short pieces of tubing, (see Fig. 3), mounted on the rod I to maintain the several pins H, H, in a determined longitudinal position on such rods I. j

K, K, are rods extending transversely across the return bed and positioned so that the several balls use-d to play a game on the alley may pass thereunder and the several pins when moved by a ball may rest thereon. Pin H, (Fig. 2), is a pin in the position into which the several pins H, H, are moved when struck, with sufficient force, by a ball moving toward the discharge end of the return bed.

L is an inclined plank which may be firmly secured to the posts E, E, adjacent thereto, as by bolt or screw 1, and held in place by the metal straps M and abutments N, N.

O is a table slightly inclined from end 0 toward end 0' thereof so that a ball (as G) from the discharge end will roll down against the sto B.

The operations of the improvements herein described and illustrated are;when a ball strikes a pin, mounted as described, with sufficient force, such pin is thrown around on the rod I on which it is mounted, from the position in which the several pins H, H, are shown, into the position of pin H, (Fig. 2), and the ball passing under the several rods K, K, is delivered from the return bed 0 onto the inclined table 0 and then rolls by gravity against the stop P. Such ball striking the inclined sto' L is deflected thereby down onto the tab e O, and when on such table 0 is so confined that it cannot escape therefrom to the injury of any person or thing in the place where the apparatus is used.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a bowling alley bed with a series of rods extending transversely across the bed and in a plane above such bed, a pin pivotally mounted on the forward rod of the series and a lurality of ins on the remaining rods of t e series, al of such pins arranged with the bottoms thereof adjacent to and not in contact with the bed, and an additional series of rods also extending transversely across the bed and in a plane above such bed, such additional rods respectively arranged to permit a ball to roll thereunder on the bed and to permit the upper end of the pins to move past the same and the lower end to contact therewith and rest thereon When such pins are turned on their respective rods by the ball on the bed moving towards the discharge end thereof, substantially as described.

2. In a bowling alley, the combination of a going bed, a curved bed and a return bed, rods above the return bed, pins pivotally mounted on the rods with the bottom of the ins adjacent to and not in contact with the bed and additional rods above the return bed, such additional rods respectively arranged to permit a ball to roll thereunder on the bed and to permit the upper end of the pins to move past the same and the lower end to contact therewith and rest thereon when such pins are turned on their respective rods by the ball on the bed moving toward the discharge end thereof, and means to stop the 'forward motlon of such ball as 1t is disch rged from the return bed, and to-deliver it to one side of the bed; substantially as described 3. In a bowling alley, the combination o'l" a .1

bed, rods above the bed, pins pivotally mounted on the rods with. the bottom of the pins adjacent to and not in contact with the bed, tubes on the rods to determine the position of the pins on the rods, and additional rods above the bed, such additional rods ar ranged to permit partial turning of the pins on the respective rods on which they are mounted and to form a stop to the pins; substantially as described.

4. In a bowling alley, the combination of a going bed, a curved bed and a return bed, a table at the discharge end of the return bed, the upper surface of such table below the upper surface of the return bed, and one end i of such table in a plane below the other end thereof, and an inclined board above the discharge end of the return bed and above the table; substantially as described.

CHARLES TURNER BROWN, 001m A. ADAMS. 

